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Eye Flashcards

1
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What are the functions of the eye ?

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  • Regulation of the amount of light entering the eye
  • Focusing on light to form an image
  • Conversion of light into neural activity
  • Analysis of the visual image before it goes to the brain
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What are the outer structures of the eye ?

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  • Cornea and Sclera (white area)
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What is the pigmented area ?

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  • ciliary body, Iris, ciliary process, and choroid
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Neural Retinal Structure of the eye

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  • non-visual part of retina
  • retinal pigmented epithelium
  • fovea
    photosensitive part of the retina
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What are the chambers of the eye?

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Anterior, Posterior, and Vitreous

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Anterior Chamber

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  • infront of the iris and the pupil

- filled with aqueous humor

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Posterior Chamber

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  • chamber around the lens

- filled with aqueous humor

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Vitreous Chamber

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  • behind the lens

- filled with gelatinous vitreous humor

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What are the three layers of the eye ?

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Retinal, Choroid Layer, and Corneo-scleral layer

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Retinal Layer

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  • Innermost Neural Layer
  • Neural Retina
  • Retinal Pigment Epithelium
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Choroid Layer

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  • Middle Vascular Layer

- Choroid, Iris, and Ciliary Body

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Corneo-scleral Layer

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  • Outer Fibrous Layer

- Cornea and Sclera

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Choroid

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highly vascularized, pigmented, loose connective tissue

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Ciliary Body

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  • regulates fine focus by adjusting the shape of the lens, via parasympathetically innervated ciliary muscle
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Ciliary Processes

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source of aqueous humor –> goes into the anterior and posterior chambers

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Zonule Fibers

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  • fine ligaments connecting ciliary body to lens
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Iris

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regulates amount of light entering eye by changing size of pupil

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Dilator Pupillae Muscle is innervated by

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  • sympathetically
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Constrictor Pupillae Muscle are innervated by

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  • parasympathetically
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Where is most of the light focusing is done by ?

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Cornea

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Lens

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  • biconvex transparent avascular tissue, there is no blood supply which is why you can have a lens replaced
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What are the roles of the lens ?

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  • provides fine focus of visual image by changing shape via ciliary muscle
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What is the outer capsule of the lens composed of ?

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  • thick basement membrane
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24
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What does the anterior epithelial cells of the lens differentiate into ?

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  • elongated fiber cells
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25
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Opacities

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cataracts

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26
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What is the first layer of the retina ?

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Inner limiting membrane

27
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What is the inner limiting membrane ?

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  • inner limiting membrane basal lamina of Muller’s cells
28
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What is the second layer ?

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  • Ganglion Cell Axons
29
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What goes on in ganglion cell axons ?

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  • optic nerve fibers from ganglion cells
30
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What is the third layer ?

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  • ganglion cell bodies
31
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What is ganglion cell bodies?

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ganglion layer cell bodies of large multipolar neurons synapsing with inner plexiform and axonal process to optic nerve

32
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What is the fourth layer ?

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Inner synaptic layer

33
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What does the inner synaptic layer ?

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inner plexiform layer that contains neuronal processes

34
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What is the fifth layer ?

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Inner nuclear layer (interneurons)

35
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What is the inner nuclear layer (interneurons) ?

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inner nuclear layer contain nuclei from Muller’s, amacrine, bipolar, horizontal and interplexiform cells

36
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What is the sixth layer ?

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Outer Synaptic Layer

37
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What does the outer synaptic layer ?

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Outer plexiform layer processes of photoreceptor cells

38
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What is the seventh layer ?

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  • outer nuclear layer ( photoreceptor cell bodies )
39
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What does the outer nuclear layer (photoreceptor cell bodies) do ?

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  • outer nuclear layer from nuclei of rods and cones
40
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What is the eighth layer ?

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outer membrane layer

41
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What is the outer membrane layer?

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  • outer membrane formed by row of zonulae adherence from Muller cells
42
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What is the ninth layer ?

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  • rod and cone photoreceptor outer segments
43
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What does the rod and cone photoreceptor outer segments ?

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  • rods and cones receptor cells for light and color. Rods for light/dark and cones for color
44
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What is the 10th layer ?

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retinal pigment epithelium

45
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What is the retinal pigment epithelium ?

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  • pigment layer of retina forms blood retina barrier, absorbs excess light and phagocytize discs from rods and cones
46
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What is the role of the Muller’s cells ?

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  • supporting cells
47
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What is the role of the horizontal cells ?

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  • spread signals
48
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What happens when there is retinal detachment ?

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  • coming apart

- curtains and flashes of light because of the separated receptors from the pigment layer

49
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Retinal Pigment Epithelium

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  1. nutritional support for photoreceptors
  2. absorbs stray light
  3. phagocytosis of shed photoreceptor outer segments
50
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Photoreceptors

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  • phototransduction to convert light into neural activity
51
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Interneurons

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  • spread them out

- Process neural signals

52
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Ganglion cells

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  • transmit visual signals to brain

- via optic nerve

53
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Fovea (macula)

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  • light is suppose to be focused
  • back of the retina in line with visual axis
  • contains no blood vessels
  • all cones
54
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Optic Disk or Papilla

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  • no rods and cones
  • origin of the optic nerve
  • blindspot
55
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Ora Serrata

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  • anterior most part

- beginning of photoreceptors

56
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What happens when zonula fibers are contracted ?

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  • The ciliary muscles are relaxed
  • lens thin
  • far vision
57
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What happens when zonula fibers are relaxed ?

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  • contract the ciliary muscles
  • lens are thick
  • close vision
58
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Macula Degeneration

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  • loss of the fovea function
59
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What is the outer surface of the eyelid covered by ?

60
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What is the inner surface of the eye lid covered by ?

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  • conjuctiva, goblet cells and no hair

- stratified columnar epithelium with goblet cells

61
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What does the eyelid contain?

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  • tarsal plate ( fibroelastic connective tissue)
  • Orbicularis Muscle
  • Large Sebaceous
  • Small Sebaceous
  • Moll Sweat Glands
62
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What is the large sebaceous gland of the eyelid ?

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Meibomium glands, not with hair

63
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What is the small sebaceous gland of the eyelid ?

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Zeis Glands, with hair

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